Pro Tour–Kyoto 2009 Public Events

Monday, January 12, 2009

General Information:

These tournaments will be added as requested (subject to players, space and judge availability). Registration Opens: 9:00 Registration Closes: 20:00 Prizes: Finalists will win 8 boosters for 1st place, and 4 boosters for 2nd place

Prizes

Booster pack prizes will be awarded based on attendance. Unless otherwise noted, top finishing players will receive current set boosters. Special events with a posted prize (i.e. iPod, "Old Box", Dual Lands, etc) the winner of the special prize will receive only that prize.

Pro Tour Qualifiers

Qualifiers for Pro Tour tournaments award an invitation and a travel award to a specific Pro Tour tournament for the top-finishing competitor. For more information, visit www.wizards.com/protour

Grand Prix Trials

Number of Players

Number of 3-Round Byes

8 – 32

1

33 – 64

2

64 - 128

4

128+

8

Trials for individual-format Grand Prix tournaments award a three-round bye to a Grand Prix tournament for one or more of the top-finishing competitors. The number of three-round byes awarded will be determined by the number of players in the Trial as shown in the table below. Grand Prix Trial byes no longer pass down. If a player already possesses a three-round bye, finishes high enough to win another bye from a Grand Prix Trial, that bye will not be passed down to the next eligible player. `

Intro Pack Open Dueling

Players are provided a Conflux Intro Pack upon joining. Players are then matched up against others for game play. After 5 games, players receive a Conflux Booster. Cost: ¥ $1300.

7 Events in the Friday and Saturday Public Events schedule are designated "BETA" events. The winner of each of those events (the winning team from the 2HG event) is invited to play in the Pro Tour Kyoto BETA Draft on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

Public Events (Thursday – Sunday)

The following applies to all Public Events:

Unless otherwise indicated, all events are run Swiss +1 with no single elimination finals. Prizes are based on standings.

Registration opens 1 hour before the scheduled start time and closes 15 minutes before the scheduled start time. Players should be seated at least 5 minutes before the scheduled start time.

3 Shards of Alara Boosters, 3 Conflux Boosters.Straight Swiss tournament with no single elimination rounds. One additional Swiss round will be added to determine the final standings.Top-4 finishers will qualify for Pro Tour Kyoto. Product prizes will begin at 5th place.Players already qualified for Pro Tour Kyoto may not participate

The Magic Game Show with Koichiro MakiWould you like to win 1000 Rares?Join your host Koichiro Maki in the feature match area for this fun event involving Magic Trivia! Contestants will be chosen at random from players present. You could win up to 1000 Magic rares!

Pro Tour Kyoto BETA DraftSponsored by Inside Gaming (www.inside-games.jp)Invitation Only! Win invitations to this amazing event by finishing first in any event marked with "BETA" throughout the weekend.1 Beta, 1 Italian Black-Bordered Revised, and 2 Japanese Portal Three Kingdoms Boosters per player (The 2 P3K Boosters will be combined into one booster).8-player single-elimination Booster Draft.Each player "reserves" one card from each booster he opens. Each player keeps one of their "reserved" cards. Winner receives One pocket size PC.

10:00

¥ 1000

Standard ConstructedThe winning player receives an xBox System.

12:00

¥ 4000per Team

Two-Headed Giant - Shards of Alara Block Sealed Deck4 Shards of Alara Boosters, 4 Conflux Boosters per team.Winning team members each receive a complete set of Shards of Alara and Conflux foil cards, 2nd place team members each receive a complete set of Shards of Alara and Conflux regular cards

The players eligible to receive a travel award will receive instructions from Wizards of the Coast on whom they must contact and the deadline by which they must arrange their travel awards. Wizards of the Coast will not refund travel made outside this service. Wizards of the Coast reserves the right to award a cash equivalent award in lieu of any travel award in its sole discretion.

All travel itineraries must be from the international airport nearest the player's home and to the host city of the applicable Pro Tour or World Championship or event, and must include all the dates of that event. No award will be substituted if member is unable to participate. All other expenses are the responsibility of the member and may include, without limitation, accommodations, ground transportation, taxes, itinerary change fees, passport and visa fees.

This award must be redeemed through member's arrangement of travel itinerary no later than (30) days before departure. Failure to complete travel arrangements as directed by Wizards of the Coast prior to this deadline will result in forfeiture of the award. Every member receiving a travel award must provide to Wizards of the Coast an executed liability release, the appropriate US taxation form (W9 or W8) (or have one on file), current contact information (http://webapp.wizards.com/dcimember/), proof of ID and passport (when required by international destination). In all cases, all such documentation must be provided to Wizards of the Coast, or previously on file, at least thirty (30) days before departure. Failure to timely provide such documentation will result in forfeiture of the award.

As with other awards, the players must attend, compete (though not necessarily on the same team), and be listed as finishing in the applicable tournament for which he or she received the travel award. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in forfeiture of the award.

All taxes are the responsibility of the members, and members acknowledge Wizards' recommendation that they consult a tax advisor in their jurisdictions for questions regarding their tax liabilities.